Nursery F.A.Q.
Nursery Frequently Asked QuestionsQ1: What ages does the Nursery include?
A1: The Nursery(/Preschool) program is intended for children ages birth through K4. A2: For children who will not be at least 2 by September 1 of the current school year, they will be in the Toddler Room if they can walk, the Crawler Room if they can crawl and otherwise the Crib Room. If your child is 4 by the September 1 of the current school year, then they will be in the K4 Room, K3 Room if 3 and K2 if 2. If you have questions concerning this, please feel free to discuss with the Nursery Staff in your child's room, the Nursery Supervisor on duty or the Nursery Coordinator. A3: Questions may be directed to the Nursery Staff in the room you are in, the Nursery Supervisor on duty that Sunday morning or the Nursery Coordinator. In addition, you may also contact the Associate Pastor for Childrens' Ministry, Barbara Stoop. A4: The Nursery is available every Sunday morning from 15 minutes prior to the 1st event until 15 minutes after the last event concludes. During the summer months this is from 9:45 until 11:15 and for the rest of the year it is from 8:45 until 12:30. The Nursery is also available during special events such as church dinners, special worship services, musical programs, etc. A5: When you walk into a Nursery room, you will be greeted by Nursery Staff or a church member assisting in the room. All care givers are identified by name tags. The sign in procedure includes filling out a name tag label for your child in all rooms and picking up a pager if your child is in the Crib, Crawler or Toddler Rooms. The care givers will help you with this. The name tag label is a four part label. The largest label is where you record your child's name, your names, where you will be (church, Sunday School, New Member Class, etc) and information about your child. This part of the label is placed on your child's back. There is also a receipt which you will take with you and show upon return to the room when you pick up your child. There are also two small labels that may be placed on your child possessions. The pagers are used to notify you in case a problem arises with your child (won't stop crying, etc). Feel free to notify the Nursery Staff in the room of any special instructions pertaining to your child, concerns, etc. A6: Nursery rooms are staffed with paid and parents of children in the program. All paid staff are qualified childcare professionals who are screened through SLED. There is one paid staff in each room. Other care givers consist of parents with children in the program and other adult church members (see Sunday Sitters volunteer program). We ask that all parents with children in the Nursery program serve five times a year (about every 10 weeks). A7: For children in the Crib, Crawler and Toddler rooms, care consists of interacting with other children and the workers. Age appropriate toys are available. For children in the K2, K3, and K4 rooms, they will play during the 9:00 hour, have a Sunday School lesson during the 10:00 hour and play in the room (K2) or go to the gym or outside to a playground (K3, K4) during the 11:15 hour. A8: Schedules for Parent Volunteers, Sunday Sitters and Paid Nursery Staff are available on the Nursery page on the church website as PDFs which may be read using Adobe Acrobat Reader. The Parent Volunteer schedule is updated every 10 weeks and the Sunday Sitter and Paid Worker schedules every month (going out 3 months). All schedules are created and maintained by the Nursery Coordinator. A9: The Parent Volunteer Schedule is created about every 10 weeks for the following period. The process starts about 4 weeks before the next period starts. Parents will receive an email from the Nursery Coordinator asking them to complete a form on the church website which asks for family availability by week, which rooms the family is available to serve in and whether or not they are available during the 9:00 hour. Based on input from this form, the schedule is generated and posted to the church website on the Nursery page. A10: Since the Parent Volunteer Schedule is created using input from families as to which weeks they are not available, conflicts are hopefully rare. In the event of a conflict, it is your responsibility to find someone to cover your scheduled time slot. Once you have found someone to cover your time slot (either via swapping with another family or just getting someone to serve in your place), please notify the Nursery Coordinator. Family contact information is available on the church website via myWPC/Access ACS. Note that when you access this tool you will be asked to register if you have not already done so. The registration keys off of the email address that the church has on file for you. If the church does not have an email address or the email address is not correct, you will need to contact the Church Office at 232-2424. Once you have accessed the "myWPC" tool, you should see on the right side of the page a list of groups of which you are a member. This will include the Master Nursery/Preschool Group (which includes contacts for all families in the Nursery) as well as groups from all rooms in which you have children (Parents of Crib Children, etc). Using the current Parent Volunteer Schedule, select a date/room/time that you are available and then click on the room group to see contact information for all families in that room. Note that these groups are not always up to date so you may need to use the Master Nursery/Preschool Group. Click the check box to the left of the name of the person(s) you wish to email (or alternatively phone numbers are available also). Then go the the drop down box labeled "I want to ..." above the list of contacts, select "Group Email" and click the "GO" button next to that drop down box. You will then be given option to either "Allow us to send the e-mail for you" or "Send the e-mail through your email application". The last option will launch your computer's email client if it is not already running. In the email explain your situation and see if they are willing to swap with you. If you have problems with any of this, feel free to contact the Nursery Coordinator. The more time you give yourself to arrange coverage, the more likely you will be able to find someone to swap with. In case of a last minute conflict either late Saturday or early Sunday, please contact the Nursery Coordinator directly.
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